One man is on a journey to unravel his magical lineage in the next spellbinding novel of the Whimbrel House series by Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg.

Thanks to house tamer Hulda Larkin, the mischief infesting Whimbrel House has calmed. But if Hulda’s job is done, what does that mean for Merritt Fernsby, inheritor of the remote Narragansett Bay estate, who’s only now coming to terms with his enchanted place in the world?

Merritt has realized his own burgeoning powers, which draw the thoughts of every plant, insect, and dog. His nights are sleepless, with an uncontrollable cacophony of voices that compel a long-overdue search into his uncanny bloodline. It’s not the only puzzle uniting Merritt and his ex-housekeeper, Hulda. Her friend and former employer at the Boston Institute for the Keeping of Enchanted Rooms has disappeared. Hulda herself is up for the now-vacant position of institute director, and her rival for the role is a stranger who’s suspiciously curious about Whimbrel House—and could have connections to an old foe.

As Merritt struggles to face his estranged family and Hulda dives into the institute’s secrets, the two are brought intimately closer than ever into the mysteries of wizardry, chaos, and love.

Things are changing, and not all those changes are good.  Hulda’s employer Myra has disappeared; Beth has been assigned to an enchanted house in Canada without even getting the chance to say goodbye, and Calvin Walker and Alastair Baillie from LIKER, the London Institute for the Keeping of Enchanted Rooms, have appeared at BIKER to take over and investigate possible embezzlement by Myra. Hulda does not trust either of the LIKER representatives but it becomes increasingly obvious that Myra had other secrets that Hulda does not know about and that finding her, and finding her before the LIKER people do is increasingly imperative.  

Intrigue and danger face Merritt and Hulda as they try to find Myra and keep the wrong people from taking over BIKER while they cope with their growing romantic attachment for each other. And as if that was not enough, Merritt has come to realize that along with learning to understand and control his magic he must deal with the family issues that sent him in to exile thirteen years ago.

The action in this books starts literally just a few days from the end of the previous book with both books taking place in the span of approximately three months. The action moves along briskly and the characters grow as we learn more about them. We reach a satisfying conclusion but there is still easily room for more story of Whimbrel House and Owein as well as the secrets still lurking in BIKER. I really hope we have another book in this series. Highly recommended ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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